Found 3 items, similar to freshen.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: freshen membasah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: freshen freshen v 1: make (to feel) fresh; “The cool water refreshed us” [syn: refresh] 2: become or make oneself fresh again; “She freshened up after the tennis game” [syn: refresh, refreshen, freshen up] 3: make fresh again [syn: refresh, refreshen] [ant: tire]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Freshen Freshen \Fresh"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freshened; p. pr. & vb. n. Freshening] 1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh. [1913 Webster] 2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse. -- Totten. [1913 Webster] To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it. To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part. To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster] Freshen \Fresh"en\, v. i. 1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness. [1913 Webster] 2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens. [1913 Webster]